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Highlight it Up

by Ashley Busath on August 18, 2010

Highlighting the hair is a great way to get quick, natural looking results for hair that’s in need of a little change. Whether you haven’t had your hair done in who knows how long and you need a little sprucing up, but nothing too drastic, or you’re just bored with the solid color look, highlighting is almost always an option for you!

Enter model #1!

Shoshanna’s color had been growing out for months. She needed something to take care of all that re-growth while at the same time blending the existing color on her ends. Answer? A half-head of very fine highlights matching the current color used on her ends. We were able to match it pretty much perfectly!

Results?

A beautiful head of natural looking sun-kissed locks.

There’s also many benefits of adding a few highlights and/or lowlights to solidly colored hair. It’s a great way to to add dimension to your color. Depending on what you’re going for, you can add a few natural looking “sun streaks,” or add a few bold colored pieces to really make your style pop. For solid blonds, a high/lowlight can help your those dark roots come in a little more gracefully and without so much attention on those dark roots.

Enter model #2!

Roni’s hair hair has been solidly lightened to blond for a LONG while. Her hair was a nice golden blonde, for the most part. From previous color, the hair was a little more golden in some places than in others. So the ultimate goal here was to keep Roni as light as possible while breaking up and neutralizing some of the gold tones in her hair. Answer? Highlights to neutralize and lighten the gold, and a lowlight to break up the solid look, add dimension, make it so her roots won’t be quite as noticeable.

Results?

A lighter, brighter, more natural looking head of hair.

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Makeover in a can

by Ashley Busath on July 16, 2010

We all know that sometimes, washing your hair can be a bit of a pain. I personally avoid over-washing as to not dry out my already fragile, blond, baby fine locks. So while I struggle to keep the moisture sealed in the ends of my hair, the oil at my roots is a problem of the past! And this brings us to, what I’d like to call a miracle product, Kevin Murphy’s Fresh.Hair dry cleaning spray. Dry shampoos soak up the excess oil and odor from the scalp and can add great texture to the hair.

While there are many different dry shampoos out there to choose from, KM’s Fresh.Hair has all sorts of good stuff that makes it stand alone and above the rest. Just to name a few, ivy leaf extract is a natural source of Vitamin C that creates a protective barrier against moisture loss, grapefruit extract promotes hair growth and is cellular regenerative, and Chinese cinnamon leaf oil is a tonic and freshener that has anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties, plus several other natural and highly beneficial ingredients.

TO USE: SHAKE WELL! Concentrating on the scalp, spray lightly and evenly at your part and hairline, then rub or brush through. To add a little volume and texture to all of the hair, spray larger sections from scalp to mid-shaft and brush through.

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